
Simone Biles doesn't need more medals. She returned to the Olympics for something much more impactful
CNN
At 4 feet, 8 inches tall, Simone Biles often feels she has "the weight of the world on my shoulders." On Tuesday, the world discovered the GOAT is also human. But Biles, the only survivor of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal to return to the Olympics, said she's on a more important mission than just winning medals.
She was the first Olympic athlete ever anointed with a Twitter emoji reflecting her status as a GOAT -- the greatest of all time. Just tweet #SimoneBiles or #Simone, and "a goat in a leotard performing a split leap with a gold medal around its neck shows up," the Tokyo Olympics website says.
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